Beneficiaries

We are pleased to announce that the beneficiaries of the Chakravarty Cup 2010 will be:

 

Wellchild
Registered charity number 289600
http://wellchild.org.uk/

 

WellChild is the national charity for sick children. The charity helps seriously ill children and their families throughout the UK as they deal with complex medical conditions.

 

WellChild is not limited to a single illness but tries to offer help to young people whatever their condition.

 

The charity’s work focuses on three key areas:

Care – through our WellChild Nurses who support sick children at home.

Support – through our Helping Hands projects which give practical help such as garden makeovers.

Research – we have invested more than £20 million in children’s health projects.

 

This year WellChild’s Reach Out for Sick Children appeal aims to increase the number of WellChild Children’s Nurses working throughout the UK to with seriously ill children and young people helping them to leave hospital to be cared for at home with their families.

 

The overwhelming evidence shows that most children and their families benefit from being in hospital for the shortest possible time.

 

Sometimes hospital stays are essential – but not always.  The value of WellChild Children’s Nurses is that they allow children to leave hospital earlier AND make sure they have everything they need to be cared for at home. That way, the emotional, practical and financial problems which can be caused for both the child and the family by long stays in hospital is limited. 

 

English Schools' Swimming Association
Registered charity number 282020
http://www.essa-schoolswimming.com/

 

ESSA was formed in 1949, initially organising swimming and diving championships for pupils in secondary schools. Over the years water polo and synchronised swimming championships have been added to the list and for the past ten years the team championships have been extended to primary schools. Added to the full domestic programme there are also international competitions both in swimming and water polo. ESSA is a member of the International Schools' Federation and competes in both the World Schools' Games and Europe Cup.

 

ESSA's organisation is based on 12 divisions (or regions) and control of all events is in the hands of the ESSA Council. This band of volunteers meets regularly to plan competitions and set rules. Each Division has control of its own competitions and there are a large number of events held throughout the country.

 

Apart from organising championships ESSA's function is to promote the teaching of swimming in schools. All members of Council are or have been teachers and understand the problems facing teachers of swimming. One of the schemes ESSA runs to encourage the teaching of swimming is the Dolphin Trophy, a learn to swim scheme for primary schools. ESSA has links with the ASA, Lifesavers and the STA.

 

ESSA became a charity in May 1981.

 

Prince William agreed to become our Patron in May 2007.

 

Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund
Registered charity number 1121376
http://www.henryvanstraubenzeemf.org.uk/

 

In December 2002, Henry van Straubenzee died, aged 18, as a result of a car accident in which he was a passenger.  This was only a month before he was to embark on his Gap Year, which was to include a period of teaching at a primary school in Uganda.

 

The charity was set up to improve the quality of education in Ugandan schools by investing in buildings and educational resources. We build classrooms, teachers’ accommodation, water tanks, latrines, dormitories and office/store rooms. . Many children have lessons outside, sitting on the ground, under the shade of trees, due to the shortage of classrooms.  On a rainy day, school cannot take place for these children. We form partnerships with schools to assist them to become centres for excellence and to ensure that even the poorest children have access to high quality education. We measure our success by the academic achievements of each school.

Over 7 million children at school in Uganda are in need of our help.  As the population grows, by as much as a million per annum, education is vital to the future of Uganda. The vast majority of these children attend schools which are offering a really poor standard of education, which can never free them from the poverty trap.

 

The charity is still very small with four volunteers in England. In Uganda, we have one project manager and an excellent team of local builders. This means that almost all funds raised go direct to the school building projects without passing through government departments, where, inevitably, some of the money gets diverted. Although the charity has only been formally established for two years, we have been supporting schools in Uganda for 5 years and have now completed projects in 16 nursery, primary and secondary schools.  We have helped over 10,000 children have a better start in life.

 

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The Chakravarty Cup 2009 donated more than £56,000 to the following charities:

 

Inspiring young people to aim higher

 Royal Patron:  HRH Prince William of Wales

 

We believe that every young person should have an equal chance to succeed in life; yet each year 35,000 leave school without a single qualification.  Young people without qualifications end up in low paid jobs, become long term unemployed, or worse.  This is not the future we want for Britain’s young people.

 

Skill Force is a national charity working to inspire young people and prevent them from getting needlessly left behind in education.  Our experience shows that the majority of young people joining Skill Force have given up on education and on themselves.  By reaching them while they are still in school, Skill Force encourages and motivates them to reach their potential. 

 

The majority of our Instructors are ex-service, making Skill Force distinct from other youth charities.  Using their world class training, skills and life experience, our Instructors act as positive role models, something often lacking in young peoples’ lives.  Our Instructors help young people by giving them the confidence to achieve, both within and outside school, by inspiring an outlook that says “I can”. 

 

Our track record is impressive. Since we began in 2000, over 35,000 young people have completed a Skill Force programme.  We have gained unprecedented results with 93% of our students gaining at least one qualification, and many gaining several.  Of those young people who entitled to free school meals (a common indicator of living in a low income household) 60% from Skill Force go on to Further Education compared with 6% from mainstream education: a ten-fold improvement.

 

For more information about Skill Force, please visit our stand, or our website www.skillforce.org

 

Skill Force Development, Registered Charity No.1105022

Sentebale

 

Sentebale’s mission is to help to transform the lives of Lesotho's orphans and vulnerable children, to empower them to reach their full potential.  Founded by Prince Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso, Sentebale works with grass roots community based organisations to deliver long term help and support to Lesotho’s children. 

 

Lesotho is a unique and beautiful country, but with extreme poverty and the third highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, it is a country in desperate need of help.  Of Lesotho’s population of 1.8million, it is estimated there are at least 400,000 orphans with around 3% of the population dying every year.  Life expectancy is an average of just 35 years.  The people of Lesotho are fighting for survival against the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravaging the country and extreme poverty. 

 

Sentebale is committed to identifying, supporting and empowering Lesotho’s most vulnerable children, helping them to transform their own lives, and giving them a leg up to escape the poverty trap. Our priority is to reach those not normally reached by existing aid organisations – the most vulnerable children.  We are helping the orphans, abused, disabled, ill, deprived children and herd boys.    

 

Working in collaboration with local organisations to develop the capacity of the Basotho community, we take direct action to deliver long term and sustainable solutions to the problems facing these most vulnerable children. 

 

Please help us to help these children by supporting us in our work in Lesotho.  To find out more please visit the Sentebale stand or go to our website www.sentebale.org